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The researchers arrive as part of a new collaboration between USC and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:20:00 -0500 USC Dornsife researchers are combining the best minds from the arts and sciences to create a virtual model of the human body as The Bridge@USC aims to catalyze a new era of biotech leadership in the Los Angeles area.]]>Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:00:00 -0500 A distinguished theoretical chemist and physicist whose pioneering work helped scientists find simplicity in chaos, Howard Taylor taught at USC Dornsife for 44 years.]]>Fri, 22 May 2015 11:05:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Ph.D. hooding ceremony takes place May 14 at Cromwell Field. This year, doctoral degrees will be issued to 144 graduates — including these two exceptional scholars.]]>Wed, 13 May 2015 09:30:00 -0500 Chemistry alumna Soonja Choe triumphs over adversity, becoming a respected scientist and the first woman president of South Korea’s Inha University.]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:55:00 -0500 Valery Fokin will join top scientists in USC’s aim to be among the world’s preeminent institutions for convergent biomedical research.]]>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:10:00 -0500 New creation could one day be used for demolition of cancer cells.]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0500 USC Trustee and USC Dornsife alumnus Ray Irani’s $20 million gift endows a student community that integrates living and learning as well as faculty chairs and student support.]]>Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0500 Peter Kuhn, Dean’s Professor of Biological Sciences, delivers a Dean’s Special Lecture on research that could potentially revolutionize the success of cancer treatments.]]>Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:00:00 -0500 Mark Thompson of chemistry is named a fellow by the National Academy of Inventors for demonstrating a “highly prolific spirit of innovation.”]]>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:00 -0500 Matthew Pratt receives major awards for his work finding clues to how cancer hijacks cell biology to thrive — and how it might be stopped.]]>Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:35:00 -0500 Seeking to diversify the sciences, USC has become the first Platinum Sponsor for SACNAS’ national conference to be held this year in Los Angeles, Oct. 15 through 18.]]>Thu, 9 Oct 2014 13:35:00 -0500 New fluorine chemistry research may help in the development of medicines and materials. The USC Loker Institute hosts the George A. Olah lecture and banquet Sept. 26 with speaker Nobel Laureate Arieh Warshel.]]>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:00:00 -0500 Mark Thompson and Karl Christe of chemistry are honored by the American Chemical Society for their research contributions — and going where others fear to tread.]]>Thu, 4 Sep 2014 08:35:00 -0500 From conducting cancer research to drawing comics, new chemistry freshman Danyal Brink plans to absorb USC’s vibrant social life while broadening his intellectual horizons.]]>Tue, 2 Sep 2014 08:40:00 -0500 Scientists use giant laser to examine frigid droplets of liquid helium that stretch the imagination and defy intuition.]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:45:00 -0500 Professor of Chemistry Oleg Prezhdo joins USC Dornsife this Fall, continuing his research on solar energy and how to produce it more cheaply and efficiently.]]>Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:00:00 -0500 G.K. Surya Prakash, a pioneer in the fields of hydrocarbon, mechanistic and synthetic organic chemistry, is elected a 2014 fellow of the American Chemical Society.]]>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:55:00 -0500 Intended for use in power plants, the battery is cheap, rechargeable, organic and can make the energy grid more efficient.]]>Tue, 1 Jul 2014 08:45:00 -0500 The four new Dornsife Scholars combine the talents sought in USC’s Discovery, Renaissance and Global Scholars programs with an added emphasis on positive human impact.]]>Fri, 16 May 2014 13:10:00 -0500 The Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony held exclusively for USC Dornsife recipients took place May 15 at Howard Jones Field. This year, doctoral degrees were issued to 203 graduates — including two shining examples.]]>Thu, 15 May 2014 10:20:00 -0500 The annual event lauds the best and brightest USC faculty and students.]]>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:55:00 -0500 “Through Arieh Warshel, I have learned what science can help you achieve and what it can do for the good of the world and its people,” says 11th grade student Raqibul Mollah.]]>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:30:00 -0500 USC Dornsife’s Mark Thompson, a pioneer in convergent science and engineering and the inventor of key smartphone colors, receives the 2013 Tolman Medal for his contributions to chemistry.]]>Tue, 1 Apr 2014 11:00:00 -0500 Eighty years have passed since the death of two-time Nobel laureate Marie Curie, yet gender discrimination against women scientists persists. USC Dornsife’s Anna Krylov is combatting the imbalance.]]>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:00:00 -0500